OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14490296

FRACTURE,HEAD,UNCONSCIOUSNESS,HEMORRHAGE,WORK RULES,SKULL,FALL,ELEVATOR SHAFT

1986-11-18T00:00:00

Event: FRACTURE,HEAD,UNCONSCIOUSNESS,HEMORRHAGE,WORK RULES,SKULL,FALL,ELEVATOR SHAFT
Linked inspection: No inspection record linked to this accident's victims.
Summary number: 14490296
Report ID: 215800

Event description

EMPLOYEE FELL IN ELEVATOR PIT; STRUCK HEAD AND DIED

Investigation abstract

EMPLOYEE #1 WAS FOUND UNCONSCIOUS AT THE BOTTOM OF AN ELEVATOR PIT. HE ENTERED T HE BUILDING'S BASEMENT FOR UNKNOWN REASONS (HE HAD NO ASSIGNED DUTIES THERE) AND FELL, TRIPPED, OR SLIPPED INTO THE PIT OF AN ELEVATOR SHAFT. THE DISTANCE OF TH E FALL WAS ONLY 13 INCHES, BUT HE APPARENTLY STRUCK HIS HEAD ON THE PIT'S CONCRE TE FLOOR AND WAS KNOCKED UNCONSCIOUS. HE WAS DISCOVERED ABOUT 3 HOURS LATER, BUT DIED THE NEXT DAY OF A SKULL FRACTURE AND AN INTERCRANIAL HEMORRHAGE. THERE WER E NO WITNESSES.

Victim

#1 Fatality Age 23 M

Nature of injury
12

Part of body
13

Event type
5

Source
42

Occupation code
999

Human factor
17

Environmental factor
13

Task assigned
2

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